IPS0087 - Protective Services Enrichment: Brain Injury in Older Adults

Course Description

The older adult population is at high risk of brain injuries, which can have a lasting effect on their cognitive, physical, and emotional health. This training provides protective services caseworkers with information to assist them when working with individuals with a brain injury. The material covers types of brain injuries, common causes, possible long-term consequences and effects, interventions that can help individuals with a brain injury, and screening.

Presented by the Department of Health & the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania.

• Individual registration is required.
• Enrollment is only available to adult protective services (APS) and older adults protective services (OAPS) staff and is not available to the public.

To receive Protective Services credit hours, participants are required to:  

• Participate in the live training (via Zoom)
• Cameras are not required during this training. Learners' engagement during the training will be captured by the Zoom platform.  Certificates of completion will only be given to those attendees who participate throughout the entire training.
• Partial certificates for missing any portion are not available. 

Learner Outcomes

Upon completion of this training, participants will have the ability to:

1. Define Acquired Brain Injury and distinguish between non-traumatic and traumatic causes. 
2. Discuss the possible long-term consequences of brain injury—physical, cognitive, and emotional/behavioral. 
3. Discuss risk factors associated with brain injury in older adults. 
4. Discuss basic differences in prognosis after brain injury in older adults. 
5. Identify basic strategies that help individuals compensate for neurocognitive challenges after brain injury. 
6. Identify at least two ways treatment providers/caregivers might adapt to the environment and treatment expectations for individuals with TBI. 
7. Identify key areas of risk reduction for brain injury in older adults. 
8. Describe a screening protocol for identifying brain injury. 
9. Identify and describe Brain Injury Resources in PA for both older adults and others. 

Notes

 Training Details:

• This training will be instructed live via Zoom and is combined with reading materials
• The Zoom Webinar link is provided by BIAPA. To receive the link, complete BIAPA form located in the enrollment receipt.
• All participants will be required to have the following technology to join:
  • Zoom Meeting access
  • Cameras are not required during this training.  Learners' engagement during the training will be captured by the Zoom platform.  Certificates of completion will only be given to those attendees who participate throughout the entire training.
• Participants may not be in transit for the duration of the training
• Attendees must be on time, participate, and attend the entire training for credit
  • Zoom Room Opens at 8:40 AM (participants will enter the waiting room for attendance)
  • Training Start 9:00 am
  • Training End 12:00 pm
  • Breaks will be provided

• A certificate will be issued for Protective Services credit hours upon completion of the requirements and the training.

Course Numbers and Dates: 

Please click on course numbers in the boxes to select the desired date to register. Use + and - controls to open/close each selection. (scroll down to see all offerings):

*The Zoom Waiting Room will open 30 minutes prior to the start of training. Participants should log in early to ensure wifi connectivity and attendance.

Continuing Education

This course is eligible for a total of 0.3 CEUs (or 3 hours of CE) upon completion, and is offered for the following:

• Nursing
• Successful completion of the Brain Injury in Older Adults Training offers 0.3 CEUs or 3 contact hours for Nursing (BIAPA is a partnered agency with the PA State Board of Nursing)
• Certificate type must be selected when completing the BIAPA form located in the enrollment receipt.

(Optional) Social Work Continuing Education (through Temple University)

This training has been approved for 3 continuing education hours by Temple University Harrisburg. Temple University Harrisburg is a pre-approved provider of continuing education by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors.  These credit hours satisfy the requirements for LSW/LCSW/LMFT/LPC biennial license renewal. 

• The Social Work Continuing Education fee is $20.00. See below for the online payment link.

To obtain Social Work CE Credit, please complete the following items:

1. Pay the Continuing Education Fee online by clicking here. (if not already completed at check out)
2. Attend the entire course
3. Complete the online request form
4. Complete the Course Evaluation after attending 
   1. First and last names will need to be included in the evaluation. 
   2. The evaluation will be sent via email after the training concludes.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Protective Services Enrichment: Brain Injury in Older Adults : Protective Services Enrichment: Brain Injury in Older Adults